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Syria opposition accuses regime of chemical attack

Syria's main opposition group accused the regime of using chemical weapons on Wednesday to strike rebel areas near Damascus in a "massacre" that left more than 1,300 people dead.

21.08.2013

(AFP) Syria's main opposition group accused the regime of using chemical weapons on Wednesday to strike rebel areas near Damascus in a "massacre" that left more than 1,300 people dead.

Videos distributed by activists, the authenticity of which could not immediately be verified, showed medics attending to suffocating children and hospitals being overwhelmed.